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Best camera to take clear pictures of streets: Novice Lesson Two
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:35:53 -0700 (PDT), ChristopherL
wrote: | |The route traveled has a few traffic signs. | They should glow a bit with the headlights...enabling some decent exposure... |I do not have a flash for the camera. Should I buy one. What should I |buy. | Why NOT, try a proprietary or a generic for the price. |How would you take the pictures? | With a cam/palmcorder, they aren't pricy unless your into HI8, but vhs-c is good as well. There's tons of better stuff, but they may be too pricy or too specialized for this single event. |Are the following settings (and film) correct: | |Film: Kodak Ultramax 35mm ISO 800 |f/stop: 4 |shutter speed index: 1000 |film speed indicator: 800 | Chances are real slim to get a good exposure at night with these settings, but the flash experiment will not have the distance capacity.....they say a flash can reach 60ft, but expect more like 20ft or 1/3rd of the specs on the flash. I think doing this in the daytime is your best option. Bob |
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Best camera to take clear pictures of streets: Novice Lesson Two
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:43:11 -0700 (PDT), ChristopherL
wrote: |On Sep 22, 7:15*am, R. LaCasse wrote: | On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:35:53 -0700 (PDT), ChristopherL | wrote: | | | | |The route traveled has a few traffic signs. | | | * * * * They should glow a bit with the headlights...enabling some decent | exposure... | | |I do not have a flash for the camera. Should I buy one. What should I | |buy. | | | * * * * Why NOT, try a proprietary or a generic for the price. | | |How would you take the pictures? | | | | * * * * With a cam/palmcorder, they aren't pricy unless your into HI8, but | vhs-c is good as well. | | * * * * There's tons of better stuff, but they may be too pricy or too | specialized for this single event. | | |Are the following settings (and film) correct: | | | |Film: Kodak Ultramax 35mm ISO 800 | |f/stop: 4 | |shutter speed index: 1000 | |film speed indicator: 800 | | | * * * * Chances are real slim to get a good exposure at night with these | settings, but the flash experiment will not have the distance | capacity.....they say a flash can reach 60ft, but expect more like 20ft or | 1/3rd of the specs on the flash. | | * * * * I think doing this in the daytime is your best option. | | Bob | |What kind of cam or palmcorder should I buy for night pictures within |a car of less than 4 minutes of driving? | |What should I get to be able to download the video and or pictures to |a PC? How easy is it to make pictures using a cam or palmcorder. | |Do you have a recommendation for anything on Ebay.com? | |How do I use whatever I buy? | |FYI: | |The store I took the film to suggested that I don't buy the pictures. |I had them develop two sets, and looked at the results very briefly. |They weren't of any use, so I took the developer's suggestion. I'm |taking what I now have to another store today. | |Thanks |Chris That process can be a bit complex....... 1] Palmcorder from second hand shop is about ...say $20 with some film VHS-C 2] Any Twain compliant PC paaint/video capture program will work with it off a VCR, which is connected to the RC jacks to the video card or parallel port ones with a small included adapter to the Palmcorder or the VCR without the adapter... All in all at this point, a small webcam type of system is a good and simpler way to go. Bob |
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